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Toy Story 3: ‘Contains Mild Thematic Elements Not Appropriate for Older Viewers’

by June 27, 2010 » Add more comments.
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Dear Motion Picture Association of America: I’m freshly back from the theater after seeing Toy Story 3, which prompts me to ask: A G-rating? Seriously? I haven’t been this disturbed since the Turkish prison scenes in Midnight Express (which was rated R, by the way). The first two Toy Read more »

The Shadow Knows: Watching Superbad with My Son

by April 3, 2008 » Add more comments.

When I was a kid, in the 70s, I used to swipe my older brother’s Mad magazines. A lot of the humor was over my head, but that only added to the allure: This was a peep show into an unknown world, and I was lusting to grow up. One Read more »